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We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.\nWe are a collegial and collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realise their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.\nIf you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Legal Risk Management department in our London office as a Data Privacy Paralegal.\nStandard hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm with flexibility in accordance with the needs of the business.\nOur current working from home policy allows for two days working from home, subject to business need. This policy is subject to change and does not form part of contractual terms.\nResponsibilities\nAssisting with data-mapping for the record of processing activities (involves interviews with internal application managers to interrogate nature of data and processing);\nGeneral data protection compliance activities;\nHelping with data privacy reviews in routine internal projects/procurement; \nAssisting with vendor management reviews and procedures and associated onboarding issues;\nPreparing data transfer agreements with clients and other parties;\nInvolvement in internal training initiatives;\nAssistance with respect to any data subject access requests;\nSupporting incident management processes, including documentation of suspected personal data breaches and assistance with regulatory notification assessments;\nMaintaining data privacy governance records and ensuring audit-ready documentation;\nLiaising with IT, Risk, Compliance, HR, and Procurement teams to support firm-wide data protection initiatives;\nTracking regulatory developments and assisting in updating internal guidance and training materials accordingly;\nSupporting responses to regulatory enquiries and audits under supervision;\nAssisting with records management and data retention / deletion initiatives;\nProviding general administrative and research support to the data privacy and information governance team;\nThe Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. 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Data privacy certifications or formal GDPR training would be advantageous.\nExperience, skills and personal attributes:\nPrevious experience in a paralegal, data protection, compliance, or legal support role (law firm or professional services environment preferred but not essential; \nStrong interest in data protection and privacy law, particularly GDPR and UK GDPR;\nExcellent organisational skills and attention to detail;\nConfident communicator, able to engage with both legal and non-legal stakeholders;\nAbility to manage multiple tasks and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment;\nStrong written and verbal communication skills;\nAt Mayer Brown, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that offers our people the opportunity and support they need to succeed.\nOur culture promotes mutual respect, acceptance, cooperation and productivity among people from all backgrounds and values different perspectives and ideas.\nOne of our core values at Mayer Brown is to promote inclusion at all levels within the business which is actively supported by our Employee Resource Groups - LGBTQI+, Fusion (Race & Ethnicity), Multi-faith, Women, Enable (Disability), Social Inclusion and Opportunities Network and Work and Me (Family).\nWe are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that individuals may require throughout the recruitment process and once they have joined the Firm.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4413,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-05T11:20:48Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-11-06T06:56:22Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker, Graduate Trainee, Senior or Specialist Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Skilled Worker; 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